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KEY Commentary Side Textual Bibliographic Scriptural
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And when he speaketh of tryal of
miracles what doo ye to trie youre miracles / whether they
be true or fayned. And besydes that / gods worde which
shuld be the triall / ye refuse and do al that ye can to
falsifie it.
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And when he speaketh of sectes of heretykes / I
answere / that they which ye call heretikes beleue all in
one christe / as the scripture
teacheth / and ye in all thinge saue christe.
And in youre false doctrine of youre awne fayninge with out
scripture / ye haue as many sundrie sectes as all Monkes
and freres and studentes in diuinite in all youre
vniuersites. For first yer ye come to diuinite / ye be all
taught to denye the saluacion that is in christe. And none of you teacheth a nother so moch as the articles of youre fayth.
But folow all most euery man a sundrie doctoure and in the
scripture his awne brayne / framinge it euer after the
false opynyons whych he hath professed yer he come at
it.
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176/26–28
For where . . .
therby. Cf. CWM 8/1.84/3–4.
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And when he saith that god wold sone vttur fayned miracles. I
answere / God hath had at all tymes one or a nother to
improue youres wyth gods worde. And I axe whether Mahometes
fayned myracles haue not preuayled .viij. hundred yeres. And
youre abhominable
dedes worse then the turkes testifye that ye
loue the
trouth lesse then they. And vn to them that
loue not the trueth hath
god promised by the mouth off paul .ij.
Thessalo. ij. to send them aboundaunce and strength of false
miracles / to stablysh them in lies and to dysceaue them and
leade them out off the waye / so that they can not but
perysh / for their vnkyndnesse / that they loued not the
trueth / to lyue therafter and to honoure god in thir membres.
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177/5
all holy orders . . .
inuencion. For More's response to the rejection of
Orders as a sacrament, cf. CWM 6/1.353/20–21, 8/1.186/30. Tyndale has in
mind the five church offices or orders warranted by the NT, cf. 177/6n.
In Obedience M3—M6 (1528), Tyndale asserts that
the offices of subdeacon, deacon, priest, bishop , cardinal,
and pope are not sacraments because not linked to Christ's promise of
salvation. Rites, garb, and other offices, such as
the "minor orders" of acolyte, exorcist,
lector, and porter, are merely human traditions, cf. 93/14–19n. Tyndale,
surprisingly, opens the door to accepting these as sacraments if royal
authority were to insist (177/9–12). This view sharply contrasts with
Luther's arguments for explicit sacramental institution by Christ. On
the universal priesthood, Tyndale does not argue from its basis in
Baptism and faith, as Luther commonly did, but instead from the needs of
others, whom one is obliged by the commandment of love (177/20, 177/30,
178/3–4) to assist especially in spiritual matters. (JW)
177/6
apostle. Cf.
Matt. 10.2–4, Luke 6.13–16, Gal. 1.1 etc. bisshope.
Cf. 1 Tim. 3.1–7. prest. Cf. 16/20n. deacon. Cf. Acts 6.2–3, 1 Tim. 3.8–12. wedowe. Cf. 1 Tim. 5.9–10.
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